The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-04
STATE NEWS.


proprietor has been changed TO III,
Q1aehssd Dem0eres
The Sentinel says cotton Is begin
ming 10 come IN from both direction
by steamboat, and from the iuteriol
BIZ rail and Wagons, to The Bayou sarf
compress
Hon. Warren Eastou, State Super
iHiendent Of Public Edueation, has Is
sued 4 call for convention Of parish
EnPenntendents, Co meet on tile 2nc
and Ord 81 February next.
The Iberia Sugar Bosol and Farm
Journal has entered its nineteentl
year.. The Sugar BolOl is good pa
per and the EoHo wishes il life o.
many years more Of usefulness.
The Condenser advises the people
Of Vernon to give more attention to
their public highways and think less
Of railroads, which we consider ID very
good argument on the part Of the
Condenser.
Rev SAM SMAIL, the evangelist, u
holding a series of meetings at the
MORGAN Street Methodist Church, "
the city Of New Orleans, which arc
largely attended, and will no doubt re.
donnd in great good to the cause Of
religion.
The moneyed men Of New Iberia
are speaking Of forming joint stock
company to build first-ciass hotel IN
that town. The Sugar Boa0I says
such building is much needed there,
aud will doubtless pay fair percent,
age upon the capital invested.
Mr. g. a. F. Poole, prominent cit.
izen and successful planter of Bossier
parish, was robbed of Sl90 10 money
while getting out Of the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific train at Shreve,
port on last Sunday night. The pick.
pockets made their escape.
Vernon Condenser We have heard
that there have been several cases re.
ported TO the u. S. Government by
u. S. Marshal Hickman, for trespass.
ing on public lands in the Southwest
ern part Of the PARISH. Names Of
parties have not been given, nor do
we know that this is authoritative.
Louisiana Journal: The country
is in better condition than it has been
in several years. The people are nearer
ont of debt. The crops this year are
good. Corn is excellent and cot
ton is turning out much better than
was expected at the beginning of the
season, and the indications now are
that an average yield will be harvest
ed. Upon the whole the indications
point to more money and better !imes.
The tax books stolen from the State
Auditors Office when johnson was
Auditor, have been found by Charles
CaYanac, tax collector of one of the
districts of New Orleans. They were
found hid in Algiers, aud shows evi,
dence Of having been tempered with
johnson was Auditor under Kellogg,
and when he was ousted from Office
he stole a large lot of important books
and documents belonging to that Of
fee in order TO hide the rascaIity o.
the Kellogg government
Morgan City Review The new
Texas line Of steamers has been inaug
uratcd, aud some $4,000 barrels o
sugar and large quantity of moIasse,
will go to Texas from the Teebe, in
stead Of New Orleans. And we mus
say that it is no credit TO New Orleans
that this quantity Of commerce is pull
ed right away from her front door
Barges are now being loaded, and til,
steamer Pearl Rivers runs REGULAR,
up the Teche bringing sugar anr
molasses.
Mr.. j. A. Deeueir, an artist, of Ne,
Orleans, has invented and it has bee.
pronounced a success, an instrument
which he styles ''Harmonygraph
and which is designed to correctly r,
cord on paper the keys touched by
performer, and the lemgLh Of time the
remain pressed DOWNS that the recor
can be transcribed into written musi
The machine was voted success an
will prove great benefit to compose
OF music as well as to parties wi
'play hy ear" instead Of note.
Farmeryille Gazette A big Mic
oils meeting, on paper, was held Ia
week in the court house. Achairm
and secretary were chosen and thr
committees appointed. Nearly ever
body, present and absent, were a
pointed on these committees. TIL
inclnded the uncles, the aunts and i
cousins, many Of whom were not pr,
ent. The Joke Of the thing is th
the fniI proceedings we're telegraph,
10 and published in the New Orlea
Pfcagarae. We did not know, with d
court house inplain view Of our offic
that meeting was being held; al
never saw the proceedings until v
read them in the PicayatDe.
Alexandria Democrat From NJ
w p. Wilson we learn that the lit
four-year-old boy Of Mr.. James Web
who resides at Poland, was burned |
death on Thursday, the 18th ms
The accident happened in this way
The child's mother had left the lid
one n the room and had gone for
pail Of water; fire was burning !
the fire place, and on the hearth wa
q can Of coal oil. When the motbe
returned she found the child enwrar
ped IN flames. 1t il supposed Nj
child was playing with the coal .
and ID some way il took fire. The ehil
only lived about thirty minutes: i
wassbadly burned, one eye being 81
entirely ont This case Il Sad on
And should serve As . warning to pa
eAla that they cannot b. too caref,
when they leave children clone ii
ouse where there i frs.
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